Reckless driving suspect travels at high speeds in LA County

A reckless driving suspect blew through red lights and traveled at high speeds on the 710 Freeway and surface streets in Los Angeles County Monday night. (KABC)

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By ABC7.com staff

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

COMMERCE, Calif. (KABC) --

A reckless driving suspect blew through red lights and traveled at high speeds on freeways and surface streets in Los Angeles County Monday night.

The chase began shortly before 11 p.m. on the northbound 710 Freeway in East L.A. until the driver, who was wanted for reckless driving and possibly DUI, moved onto surface streets in the city of Commerce.

Authorities went into tracking or surveillance mode and backed off from following the dark-colored sedan, which was traveling with its headlights off for some time.

While on surface streets, the driver blew through red lights before getting back onto the southbound 710 Freeway. A front passenger in the vehicle was seen waving a balloon outside the window as the driver made a hard U-turn on one street.